Eye of the Hawk - Mendocino Brewing Company

Jason

Massachusetts

4/5  rDev +10.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Killer beer, killer not meaing good though. This is a good beer in a way but a bit devious with the 8% abv. We get this beer served in full pints around Boston at regular beer prices, an evil beer to love.

Serving type: on-tap

09-16-2001 00:34:14 | More by Jason

Todd

Massachusetts

4/5  rDev +10.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Presentation: 12oz brown bottle. No freshness date, but it's got a pretty cool looking hawk on the label.

Appearance: Clear, rich amber with nice carbonation activity that creates a consistent creamy lace head.

Smell: Big fruity aromas. Fresh, sweet pale malt notes.

Taste: Huge dose of sweet, rich malts. Mouthfeel is full-bodied, smooth and extremely robust. Lively carbonation foams up the palate with an assertive alcohol presence, fruity esters and a delicious rind-like hop flavour that helps to balance/cut through the huge malt profile and dry alcohol flavour. You can really taste the unique yeast strain towards the end. Apart from a "yeasty" flavour, it has a semi-bready flavour that pulls through and enhances the malt flavours. Finishes rather clean given all that is going on.

Notes: Hot damn! Complex, balanced, dangerously drinkable. A force to be reckoned with, in its own right. Consume with respect.

Serving type: bottle

11-04-2000 14:16:13 | More by Todd

nick_asian

Nevada

4.5/5  rDev +24%

05-19-2013 07:06:34 | More by nick_asian

bconsidine

Maryland

3.5/5  rDev -3.6%

05-10-2013 18:49:19 | More by bconsidine

leftoverburrito

Oregon

1.5/5  rDev -58.7%

05-08-2013 03:11:39 | More by leftoverburrito

2beerdogs

California

3.75/5  rDev +3.3%

04-29-2013 05:41:45 | More by 2beerdogs

BrewMaven

New York

3.75/5  rDev +3.3%

04-28-2013 23:12:30 | More by BrewMaven

jxb345

California

3.75/5  rDev +3.3%

04-28-2013 00:47:26 | More by jxb345

trocketsauced

New York

2.75/5  rDev -24.2%

04-26-2013 14:45:18 | More by trocketsauced

poopsmitherson

Georgia

2.5/5  rDev -31.1%

04-26-2013 03:08:35 | More by poopsmitherson

Tjvan2

Iowa

3.75/5  rDev +3.3%

04-25-2013 23:16:00 | More by Tjvan2

golfchance

Massachusetts

3.5/5  rDev -3.6%

04-25-2013 20:47:29 | More by golfchance

beerbart

California

4.5/5  rDev +24%

04-22-2013 00:41:42 | More by beerbart

NoetheMatt

Kentucky

4/5  rDev +10.2%

04-21-2013 20:15:13 | More by NoetheMatt

UltimateLivewire

South Carolina

3.75/5  rDev +3.3%

04-20-2013 12:59:57 | More by UltimateLivewire

chasmandocharles

Pennsylvania

3.5/5  rDev -3.6%

04-20-2013 00:41:37 | More by chasmandocharles

Bromine

Florida

4/5  rDev +10.2%

04-12-2013 10:48:41 | More by Bromine

mitch3114

New York

3.5/5  rDev -3.6%

04-12-2013 03:43:57 | More by mitch3114

artoolemomo

Oregon

2.5/5  rDev -31.1%

04-01-2013 02:47:31 | More by artoolemomo

Stevie_Janowski

Illinois

3.5/5  rDev -3.6%

03-31-2013 03:50:57 | More by Stevie_Janowski

bwolmarans

California

3.1/5  rDev -14.6%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4.75

wonderful taste on the third bottle. I can't bring myself to write that the smell is particularly great, and yes the first bottle is metallic. but who cares, this is a sublime beer, and in the department all of us care about (I don't care how many fingers of head a beer has) this one tastes great on the last bottle, which for me, is three at 8% ABV.

Serving type: bottle

03-28-2013 05:12:51 | More by bwolmarans

BGsWo22

New York

2/5  rDev -44.9%

03-20-2013 20:47:35 | More by BGsWo22

wendymerissa

Florida

5/5  rDev +37.7%

03-18-2013 04:37:11 | More by wendymerissa

crytion

Ohio

3.5/5  rDev -3.6%

03-12-2013 11:38:17 | More by crytion

spycow

Illinois

3.5/5  rDev -3.6%

03-09-2013 23:57:52 | More by spycow